December 31 2014

Thoughts on Huberdeau, Roy, Sekera, Stalock and more…

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Andrej Sekera has seen a big uptick in power-play time over the last dozen games or so and JM Liles has missed most of those games. The result has seen Sekera pick up the odd point. Well now that Liles has been placed on IR, you can expect Sekera to snag four or five points in the next six or seven games. Mark it! I’m not sure if that means he’ll do enough to keep the job when Liles returns, but hopefully the coach snaps out of it. Am I right Sekera owners? Eh? Eh?

The Hurricanes called up Ryan Murphy to replace Liles and he’ll see his share of PP time as well, but I don’t think it will take from Sekera. Murphy has 17 points in 23 games for Charlotte this season, and 39 points in his last 45 AHL games. So he seems to have the AHL figured out. He’s actually tied for the team lead there.

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New: Third Dobberprospects Ramblings in four days here.

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So is Joey Hishon taking it as a slap in the face that the likes of Borna Rendulic keeps getting called up before him? Just a thought that crossed my mind. Hishon hasn’t exactly earned a recall, but then again Rendulic hasn’t either. Lake Erie forwards have been sucking in general. Offensively the defensemen have been doing alright – Stefan Elliott has 19 points in 30 games and Maxim Noreau has 20 in 30.

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Cam Atkinson was placed on IR yesterday by Columbus, He is out until at least January 3 and perhaps as late as January 10.

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Puck Daddy went over their Top 10 hockey fights of the year. You can get the full list here. But the top fight was from way back in January when Antoine Roussel squared off against Kevin Klein: